All elementary schools are invited to participate. Each school may register a team of four players and up to two alternates. 1-2 proctors will be needed per team. In an effort to maximize participation, alternates will be invited to play if seating is available, so they should attend with the understanding that they will play as long as space allows. In the event of limited seating, we will fairly allow an equal number of alternates per school to play until seats are no longer available.

Interested in having more than one team represent your school? If space allows, a second-team registration will be offered following the April 7 registration deadline.

Please register your school team by April 7 using the google form by clicking here.

V2CTM will again sponsor the Regional 24 Challenge Tournament this coming April 20 at at Wilson Middle School in Fishersville. At the 24 Challenge Tournament, the top four mathletes from each elementary school will compete against the best and brightest from school divisions throughout the Shenandoah Valley.

The Annual Fall V2CTM Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at Skyline Middle School in Harrisonburg. The meeting will feature a keynote presentation by Dr. Kristina Doubet, Professor, James Madison University. To get to Skyline Middle, take Interstate 81 to Exit 247 (US 33 East). Immediately get into the left lane and turn left at the first stoplight onto Linda Lane. Continue through the light and turn right when you see the school signs: Skyline Middle School adjoins Smithland Elementary School; both schools’ parking lots are available.

Please register by October 19. Conference registration costs are only $5 and include a fully catered dinner provided by White Hill Catering. There will be numerous appealing door prizes! The program is below:

The Regional 24 Contest was held on April 12 at Wilson Middle School. This year, there were almost 60 players representing 13 elementary schools from Augusta County, Rockingham County, and Greene County.

The top winners were:

1st place: Clark Dana, Wilson Elementary School

2nd place: Jack Liskey, Clymore Elementary School

3rd place: Cayden Swatts, Beverley Manor Elementary School

4th place: Mason Earlywine, Beverley Manor Elementary School

Congratulations to all those who participated! Special thanks to John Stevens for being the MC for the contest and to Laurie Biser for coordinating it.

Approximately 100 teachers and administrators enjoyed Michael Bolling’s presentation on Wednesday, March 16, at the Spring 2016 V2CTM Conference. Michael, who serves as the Director of Mathematics at the Virginia Department of Education, gave attendees an overview of the proposed changes to the Mathematics SOL in Virginia which were presented to the State Board of Education on March 17. The timeline for the SOL revision is for it to be reviewed and approved by Fall, 2016. He also challenged teachers toward excellence in teaching and highlighted recent improvements on statewide math scores.

The conference was hosted by Fort Defiance High School where a delicious catered meal was prepared by White Hill Catering. At the business meeting, the new slate of officers was approved including the election of President-Elect Laurie Biser from Augusta County Public Schools. New Board members include Angie Deitz of Augusta County Schools, Missy Luikart from Rockingham County Public Schools, and Ellen Avalos from Harrisonburg City Schools. John (Zig) Siegfried will continue as Treasurer. Also at the business meeting, awards were presented to Dr. Bob Hanson for 50 years of teaching mathematics at JMU, to Joe Hill for 23 years of editing the V2CTM newsletter (Jenny Gibson is taking over these duties), and to Maria Swartzentruber from Linville-Edom Elementary School in Rockingham County for being presented the H. Joseph Hill Award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics.

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The Valley of Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Spring Conference will be held Wednesday, March 16, at Fort Defiance High School. The program will feature a presentation about the new Mathematics Standards of Learning (due to be released in March) by Michael Bolling, Director of Mathematics from the Virginia Department of Education. As always, a delicious catered meal will be offered for only $5.00. Registration will begin at 4:30, followed by dinner, business meeting, and the featured presentation, SOL Revision and the State of Mathematics in Virginia. To register, click here. Please register no later than March 9.

More details about the Spring meeting are in the Spring 2016 Reflection newsletter. Click here to see it.

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At the Fall 2015 V2CTM Conference held October 13 at Wilbur S. Pence Middle School, nearly 90 educators, administrators, and college students learned from Dr. Kenn Barron that there is a formula for optimally motivating students in the math classroom: M = E + V – C. Kenn defined and gave examples of M (Motivation), E (Expectancy), V (Value), and C (Cost).

As always, White Hill Catering provided a delicious catered meal and many door prizes were won by attendees.